Enhancing Teaching Skills Today: Can You Help Me Improve My Presentation?

Hi all, I've made this little presentation on enhancing teaching skills in the present century. I hope you can give me honest feedback so that I can work on my areas of concern.

Thanks.

First of all, congratulations on compiling and sharing that excellent presentation. It is obvious that you have done a lot of homework yourself and logically built up the presentation. Since you have sought feedback, let me also share a few additional thoughts for your consideration.

- Using a non-black slide background could possibly be easier on the eyes.
- In slide 6, replace the word "MAKE" with "Facilitate catchy and...".
- In slide 8, the use of the words "Logical Equipments" is jarring. Please try and replace that.
- In slide 9, the title and the subtitles are excellent. However, the explanation, e.g., "follow influential organizations and people...", in my view, is out of sync with the overall context of enhancing teaching skills. It is possible that I have not understood the thrust of the slide, but I am sharing my initial reaction based on my immediate understanding of the substance you seek to convey.
- Perhaps you can also incorporate a suggestion to work on how to motivate students.

Congratulations once again on a well-thought-out and fairly comprehensive outline of the program.

Best wishes

B Jacob has given you some excellent food for thought. I will raise a few questions before making comments. May we know who the target audience is: school teachers or adult educators? What is the objective of the presentation, and how long will a session last? What should be the outcome for the participants who take an active part in a session?

When I started as a lecturer in college, I was told that a good tutor would state what would be covered in the session at the outset, then cover the topic, and finally, summarize what was covered. As I gained experience and some knowledge of Effective Teaching (by reading Wilbert McKeachie's "Teaching Tips"), I started to state what the active participants would gain or could do by attending the session, then state what I intended to say, and ask the participants to summarize what was covered/what they learned. Please see the University of Virginia Teaching Resource Center for a review of that book.

I hope these tips make sense and will be of some use to you. Thank you for attaching the presentation and soliciting comments.

Thank you so much, Simhan, for the inspiring feedback. This presentation was an attempt to express my thoughts on the subject. It was very kind of you to provide such elaborate feedback. I will definitely look up all the details as informed by you.

Excellent presentation and a lot of food for thought on how to improve my teaching style. I would like to suggest one change: please alter the slide design and, if possible, reduce the use of too many colors.

Thanks for sharing it.

Regards,
Neha

I hope you will find this presentation useful, and it gives some food for thought.

Regards

You deserve appreciation for creating a prescription for teachers to be in tune with the times. It is a good effort. Since you asked for an opinion, I wish to present my views. However, the learning styles cannot be confined to Experiential Learning alone. The other accepted forms also have to be there. The scope for Experiential Learning is already there in abundance, thanks to modern gadgets, mass media, and different knowledge sources. For example, to guide the learners in the right direction, teaching the relevant theory is important, followed by lessons to practice. Starting with a theoretical approach will prevent the reinvention of the wheel!!

Regards,
V. Raghunathan

Dear Sanchita, please look for the presentation on PPT presentation skills on this site and sharpen your skills related to color schemes, fonts, and the concept of six-word six-lines in slides. Also, avoid using all capital letters in the slides. Hope you will take it in the right spirit.

All the best,
Dhiren Vyas

Dear Sanchita, you have posted excellently about how to use innovative ways to incorporate technology in the classroom. This includes capturing, sharing, annotating, and collaborating with students, as well as being able to control and monitor what is on their laptops. Please let me know if you need any further assistance or clarification.

Thank you.
Regards